Feeder for cotton gins



Mair. 13, 1923) W. A. vHILLER FEEDER FOR COTTON GINs Filed Apr'.

' INI/ENTOR.

' T'TORNEx/s.

Patented Wlan. 13, 1923.

WILLIAM A. KILLER, OF MANOR. TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MURRY COMPANY,DALLAS, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF'TEXAS.

FEEDER FOR applicati@ aiednapm 7,

To all whom Z5 may concer-n:

Be it known that I, lVILLmn A. HILLER', a citizen of the United States.residing at Manor, in the countyA of Travis and State of Texas,,have-invented certain new and useful"Improvements in Feeders for(,otton Gins, of which the following is a. specifi ation-.1' v.

My invention, is. an feedei's.for"lcotton' gins. l

It has been common before feeding seedcotton to the gin, to give theseed-cotton a improvement in preliininary treatment, designed to removescreen', the dirt and trash dropping tl "as much as possible of thesand, trash. etc., `which is commonly mixed with the seedcotton as itcomes to the ginnery..v This has been accomplished by passing theseed-cot ton through a feeder-cleaner, which consists essentially of arotating drunr` ha'ving spikes arranged about and along its periphery,which drum rotates within a curved screen suitably encased. The spikesdrag and beat the seed-cotton yagainst lthe inside of the )rough thescreen to the bottom ot' the casing, from which it is removed in anymanner desired, usually by a scrc w conveyor. The seed-cotton is carriedover'the screen surface and ejected into the hopper of the gin, or to aconveyor which carries the cleaned cotton to the gin. i

In the drawings:

Figure lis a cross-section o attachment;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2 2 of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is an lend view of a part or a gin and a feeder-cleaner with myattachment, showing the relations ot the parts.

Inthe old feeder-cleaner the lseed-cotton enters the feeder-cleaner froma sourcexoi" supply, at the opening, a, at the top of the casing IC. Theseed cotton is passed between the rollers M', fi, turning as indicatedby the arrows in Figure l, and is compressed and formed into a loosehat. which, as it descends, is received by the beater drum l), andcarried around by the spikes, IZ, as indicated.

There are many conditions ot' the seedcotton which make it desirable, togive different amounts of' cleaning tifcatn'ient.

t' my improved Seed-cotton which is fairly clean on receipt doesjnotrequire thctrmitmcnt that is nec-l conditions.

coT'roN GINS.

1922. serial No.'55o,279.

structed there has been a lack of possibility ot' variation-of treatmentto meet, varying A.,beater drum and encasing a fixed size hasbeenemployed and this size has been designed on an average basis tohandle all kinds of seedcotton, with the result that there was an'undesirable amount and an cotton. l

It is the object of my present invention to imi'n'ove upon prior devicesof the kindy by providing means for giving more or less cleaningtreatment to seed cotton, as may be indicated by the condition of thecotton and also to' provide an attachment or auxiliary which may beapplied to and combined with and which may be used or not at thejudgment of the operator. i

'In my new device I employan auxiliary dru-m 1, properly mounted withina screen, 2, enclosed ina casing,f3. The drum 1 is mounted upon a shaft11 carried in bearings 12 in casing 3. As shown, the'auxiliary casingand screen-is madeup,` onthe upper 'side, ot' the section e E whichmayform part of the regular feeder-cleaner. This section e', and itssection Eis hinged at e.'

screen of insuflicientamount for other seedi to the regular cleanerfeeder and when it is is swung up, leaving an opening of machining ofsomeseed-cotton existing machines to achieve this end in the-side, ot'the casing of the regular.

cleaner, and so as to form the upper side of the screen and casing votthe auxiliary cleaner. It is obvious ot' course that this is especiallyuseful when the new cleaner is to be used in connection with acleanerfccder having a hinged rear s'ecti'on, as is very common. Inother casesl the new cleaner -is provided with a the pointel and asuitable opening in lthe casing of the feeder-cleaner is made, against fwhich the openingin the auxiliary cleaner is set.

lhc shaft d. of the` fecder-cleaner and the. shaft .l l` of theauxiliary, cleaner are each screen-casing to povidd Wilfi piiiivs 0i tu@like.l ousicie Ehe Casin@ and the, auxilia y oigan-i' 'is rim by a mita. o wiiiwomn from the fefefieiwciaane gui@ ,The inode. Uf opa-atiii is,follows: Seed wen 'being passedfinto the {Quim-Cleaner at, a., usuallyii'mn an elevator chute mide? which the, feac'leiciaanei is disposed,the seed-@Mmm is engagefi by Che ioiiers, a', (if, and Somewhatcompifessed and 'ifm-med into a soft bail The hat is received by thedrum, D, turning as indicated by the am* W, Figiii@ le and mm'ewi byspikes; al against th diiim l., ioating as .ii'ifiirzaieds by the spikesd on which the seed coizwn is cari-fied around agiaius the sci'eiis c@2F the. dirt aii 'trash passing* @ha Screens ami, iodging; finally inthe screw conveyor C. The commi is urged 0159i. Screen mui. iii" i' sagain akeniiy duifi. and urged 11;' smefem e, io tha opening j", o? die@n M195 ti'iimigh which it passes; to iii@ if' "Vim-n i i machining offue seed cozmzi is desir@ i" auxiiiaiui' dennen' may be sepaiaied 'iimnthe cleaner "feeder by rapiafintg' section e', when the deans? feefiei'mil @peifa iii iii@ omlinaify way. When is desire@ io @he ,i2/limi."muni aieariiiig action, the inf@ miam' ciriviiiv; i @aus 'from tha drain1 ne .i .if 'when tif ifi i ifi-43,443

)i of the @huize g, passing the seedwottai over the screen e, only.

if. claim; i

L in auxiliary @leaner consisting oi a mta'aibie beata drum; a screenand naslag, coincienaly lpaitiaii; Siu-rounding the drum, he casing andscreen having one c0- incidfmt opening to one 'side of the drum; meansto connect th@ casing at the oigening? io an @Mening in the casing of agin {ef-ide?.

2l An auxiliary cleaner, Consisting of a rotatable beaterwirum; a screenand casing, coincidenuilly partiaily su''ounfiing' in e diimi; thcCasing and Screen having one 13.0- incident opening' o one Side of thedrum7 applicable i0 au opening iii the casing of a gin feeder.

3. n a gin feeder-damier, a pair of fiiel rails in #im iipj end (if 'zhaQasii'igj; a ivo nailing eodeikfxieanex' drum beneath th@ eeii mils 'io'receive the cotton fed by the feed iois; rotatable cleaner drum paralewith und t one sid@ of the feedaiceaner drum; a screened casingSurrounding "both drinn@ -Xcep Jim: an iippei inkt t0 fifi@ 'feed milsand an exit opening to the gini adjacent and side of the {eed-cieanedifumK Manor, Texag'i'c'his 30d! (iay of

